Improvement in corn-planters



ntd States @sind Gettin.

Letters Patent No. 91,106, dated June 8, v1869.

IMPR'OVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making partici' the same.

To all whom it may concern i Be it known that I, J ontY H. ERNEST, of Millerstown, in the county of Perry, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Corn-Planters; and I do hereby declare. that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon;

Figure 1, 'of the drawings, is a top plan View of my invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Figures 3 and 4 are details. .Y

My invention relates to corn planters; and Y It consists in a novel arrangement and combination of devices, by which the operator may plant, cover, and roll two rows of corn, and, at the same time, mark another' row, all at one movement of the machine.

The letters A, ofthe drawings, represent the wheels of a snlky firmly attached to the axle B.

The letters G are side-bars, and

The letters D are end cross-bars, that constitute a frame, arranged upon the axle` in the manner shown, thebars C forming bearings for said axle.

The letter E represents the hoppers and drivers seatofmyplanter arranged upon the frame, as shown.

An opening, a, is left in the bottom of each hopper, for the passage of the seed downward, as hereinafter mentioned.

Undereach hopper, and upon the bars O, respectively, I adj ust slides, marked c on the drawings, to the rear ends of which I attach the springsG, which said springs are fastened firmly to the rear cross-bar of the frame, in the manner shown.

The front ends of these slides care united by means of the cross-bar H.

The letter L is a caster, adjusted in the front crossbar of the frame by means of a nut and screw, marked e, bywhich said nut or screw the caster is raised or lowered at will, and theieby the depth of the fnrrows determined.

The letter M represents a lever, operatinglike a windlass, and connected with the cross-bar H by means of 'the rope or chain g, in the manner shown.

I aix'a small hook, h, to the end of this lever, which, when the slides c are drawn forward, may be hooked in the opening t of cross-bar H, and, by means thereof', said slides held securely in that position.

When in that position, the bottoms of the hoppers are closed.

The letters K are conduits for the seed from the hoppers. They are, respectively, inserted in openings iu the side-pieces G, which openings pass through said side-pieces, to a pointA under or immediately forward of the hopper-s, and communicate therewith.

My coverers are alxed to the rear cross-bar of the frame, and are represented by the letter I.

The letters R are rollers, attached to the frame, in the manner shown. Ihey serve to press`the soil irmly upon the seed after the same is planted and covered. The letter S represents the marker-J It is an adjustable bar, moving to the right or left in suitable mortises in or upon the side-piecesnof the frame, and secured in the desired position by'a small pin-that passes through the same, and rests against the side f of the frame.

It will be, observed that the wheels of my sulky have lianches or cams, marked sboth on their inner and outer sides. rlhese wheels are reversible, with two cams on one side, and six on the other.

The oflice of these cams is to work against the rear side of cross-bar H, and thereby. open or close the openings in the bottoms of the .hoppers, by operating the slides c.

To plant corn at the usual and ordinary space for hills, I turn that side of the wheels which has fewest cams upon them toward the hoppers; but, when I desire to plant seeds which require less space-between the hills, I turn the sides of the wheels inward which have many cams upon them.

My planter is adapted to the planting of cotton as .well as corn, and, in fact, to nearly all seeds which should be planted in hills. n

That I claim as my invention, aud desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The lever M, chain g, and 'hook h, when arranged and operating substantially-as and for the purposes described.

2. In combination with a planter having all the parts herein described, the marker S, when constructed and operating as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name, in the presence of two witnesses. i

Titnesses .0, HEIsEY,

It. OATHCART.

JOHN H. ERNEST. 

